HOMEWORK: A03- Chapter 3 of
Atlas for Schools Project
OVERVIEW and INSTRUCTIONS
GEOGRAPHY of
Link to Guide to File Structure
Link to example for UofU.... Some draft files as of Jan28 TranspUT TranspSLCo
Purpose of the homework assignment:
Apply concepts of geography
to
LOCATION:
where something is
PLACES:
locations that matter
INTERACTION:
between physical and human geography, and
MIGRATION:
movement
Your extra special place is
your-atlas school and the county it’s in (location).
Assessment: This assignment will be graded:
25% on your map files.
75% on cover page discussion…
(a) Observations of
geographic patterns specific to your county’s transportation infrastructure;
(b) Analysis and discussion
of those patterns
Instructions:
ADD THE FOLLOWING FILES TO YOUR ATLAS FOR SCHOOL
PROJECT.
LINK to Guide for Contents of
your atlas… updated for this assignment. You can add more files, but, at
minimum four files (one cover page and three .jpg files of maps).
A03a-CoverPage-Transp-County
Cover page for Chapter 3: _____ Transportation corridors and ______
Observations of geographic
patterns of transportation in your school’s county.
Analysis of those
observations using geographic concepts.
Be clear on what
transportation systems you’re analyzing… just modern transportation or some
historic ones as well. That’s your choice. For example if the Spanish Trail
goes through your county, you could discuss why it is where it is and why
today’s roads and rail systems do or do not follow the same route.
Write a minimum of 3
observations and a maximum of 8.
Think about what we’ve
covered in class and what you’re expected to have learned.
Analyze geographic patterns
deliberately.
Communicate your analysis.
Coaching: great geographers
not only see what’s there… but what’s missing.
Keep asking yourself “why”
… The 5 why’s of
You may want to review the
class session notes for the geographic theme of MIGRATION.
How much does connectedness
matter to your county?
Map files:
Map#1
A03b-MapGoogleEarthTransp-Utah.jpg
Purpose: Google Earth is a
powerful tool I want you to master. Add your school and your county to the map,
and transportation routes.
Tips in Google Earth on: How
to display transportation corridors
In
the menu LAYERS
Activate
Places of Interest.
Clear
all of the Places if the all are active.
Then
activate Transportation… quite low on the list.
Then
within Transportation, observe the key and activate components.
Map #2
A03c-GoogleEarthTransp-County.jpg
At minimum, show county
boundaries, your school, label the county
Show transportation
Map #3
A03d-TransportationMapOfYourChoice.jpg
For
Use this as an opportunity to
illustrate a concept of your observations or analysis written up in your cover
sheet for this chapter.
Additional maps as you desire.
A03e… etc etc
FILE STRUCTURE:
Please put all of Assignment 03 in a separate folder of your Atlas Directory…
otherwise I may not recognize what’s new and what’s old. I like the structure
of the Guide to Contents page, but it’s Okay to have a different structure so
long as each assignment is in its own folder and so long as I see the logic.
